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Before stopping to ask people what sort of energy system they would like, the industry is moving forward with a technology vision that risks leaving many people behind.

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Developer says it has signed off on designs for a $10.7 billion green hydrogen facility in Karratha, starts search for investors.

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Booming rooftop solar is not only helping break variable renewable records, it also it means resilience to thermal plant breakdowns in the middle of the day.

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Continuing to deny the impending end of coal-fired generation is simply not in the interest of coal workers and their communities.

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Neoen has doubled the size of its proposed Capital big battery, and started construction, after eyeing emerging market opportunities.

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Climate think tank says emissions targets of both the Coalition and Labor fall well short of the ambition needed for Australia to remain competitive.

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Victoria to move forward to formal tender for 1.5GW of new wind and solar in new renewable zones, as CEFC also pitches in.

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AEMO looks at battery storage as quicker and cheaper alternative to at least two of the network upgrades needed for switch to 100 per cent renewables.

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Hitachi Energy wins Darwin big battery tender, in major step towards removing need for thermal generators during the day and allowing local grid to run on solar only.

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Corporate demand for wind and solar slows down and changes shape in 2021. But Renewable Energy Zones and sustainability targets promise new growth.

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An ambitious $15 billion plan to produce renewable hydrogen in central Australia to be fast tracked after receiving "major project" status.

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Australia’s National Broadband Network commits to source 100% renewables by end of 2025, and slash its use.

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The Clean Energy Regulator will launch an 18-month trial of a hydrogen certification scheme. SEC says it should be focused on renewables.

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AEMO’s Alex Wonhas and Nicola Falcon discuss the draft ISP, the early departure of coal, and managing a renewables grid.

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Bowen says a Labor government will stick to its climate targets and will press on without legislation if parliamentary fight gets "too political".

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"No fossil fuels, CCS, blue hydrogen or nuclear:" Stanford University professor Mark Jacobson demonstrates grids powered by wind, water, solar and storage.

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Hydrogen Superpower scenario sets out a "monumental" shift in Australia's energy supply that aligns with 1.5°C. Don't rule it out.

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More than 20 per cent of solar output could be curtailed in a future grid, because oversizing solar would be cheaper than storage. But that doesn't count in hydrogen demand.

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Step change has become AEMO's core scenario to manage the grid, and it assumes a three fold increase in coal retirements by 2030.

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Renewables developer Total Eren partners with Gransolar to build solar and battery based microgrid in the Galápagos Islands.

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